Ballad from Heaven
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2020
Battle On America – We Shall Overcome!
By Douglas J. Lanzo First published in WestWard Quarterly’s 2020 Summer Edition America – Blessed by God and graced by people,From every rooftop to Church steeple,Resilient – Full of compassion and good will,Faithful to its founding principles still; Rising up to overcome the trials of each age,Revolution by citizen-soldier, did it wage,For liberty and democracy across […]
Nick Kyrgios: Entertaining Brilliance
By Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2019 First published in the Spring 2020 Edition of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal Radiating tennis brilliance, flashing genius everywhere,He commands center court, invoking unrivalled fanfare,Unleashing serves of fury spinning wide or up the “T”,He crushes seconds without mercy at one-hundred forty; Employing guile and deception to mask his clever thoughts,He forces rivals to […]
Boston Strong – A Tribute to True Heroes
By Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2020 First published in the same Spring 2020 Edition of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal Dedicated to all those who Boston heroes who overcame terrorism on Patriot’s Day, 2013 with love, unity and tenacious resolve A city of patriots, proven and true,From first responders to men in blue,You sewed wounds of hate with stitches […]
Life from a Living God
by Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2019 First published in the 2020 Spring Issue of WestWard Quarterly: The Magazine of Family Reading “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 […]